Contraception
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Comparison of ropivacaine and lidocaine for paracervical block during surgical abortion.
The study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of ropivacaine and lidocaine as paracervical analgesia for elective abortion by vacuum aspiration. ⋯ Intraoperative pain appears to be less with ropivacaine than with lidocaine. Nonetheless, the clinical difference was slight, as was therefore the benefit of using ropivacaine for paracervical block in elective abortions.